Sidewalk Sale Plans Grow For Clare Merchants
Clare Chamber of Commerce planning committee reports 100 local merchants back the 3rd Annual Sidewalk Sale on McEwan Street June 27. The event features banners, white jackets, giant footprints, 400 pounds of free peanuts, $700 in prizes, free kid movies, and 100000 drawing tickets with 1000 for each participating merchant, drawing July 1 with must be present to win.
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McEwan Street
Clare Chamber of Commerce Retail Group
WCEN
Clare Sentinel
Chamber of Commerce
Installation Ceremony For BPW Officers
The Clare BPW Club held a June meeting at the Ho tel Doherty in the Wedgewood room with ten Alma Club members present. Installing officer Marjorie Mathews praised retiring officers and installed Fannie Yeoman as president with Ina Hammond, Leota Van Every, Ethel Case, and Ruby Jackson as officers. Dues are due by June 15 and by July 1 to avoid fines. a white elephant sale is planned for June 27 with donations via Dorothea's Beauty Shop or pickup by Virginia Ballard.
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Clare Business and Professional Womens Club
Wedgewood
Doherty
Marjorie Mathews
Alma Business and Professional Womens Club
Alma Club
Fannie Yeoman
Ina Hammond
Leota van Every
Ethel Case
Ruby Jackson
Nina Anderson
Frances Kempher
Clare Club
Yeoman
Clare
Dorotha
Virginia Ballard
Register For New Cub Pack
Parents with boys aged 8 to 11 are urged to register them for a new Cub Scout pack. Registration will be in the basement of the Catholic church at State and McEwart at 7 30 p m. Boys with their parents may attend. any boy already a member of Pack No not required to attend. fee mentioned as $125 in the notice.
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Catholic Church
State
McEwart
Clare High School awards diplomas to class of seventy CHS graduates
Seventieth annual commencement week concludes with outdoor exercises on the athletic field. Seniors led by Becky Groves and James Seiter march in while the band plays. Speakers include Philip J. Gannon of Lansing Community College who delivers Unlimited Frontiers. Class members receive scholarships to Central Michigan College and the National Honor Society induction is conducted.
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Clare High School
Becky Groves
James Seiter
Philip J. Gannon
Lansing Community College
Jack Smith
Lionel Duncan
Clare Board of Education
Clare
Karen Smith
Rich Davenport
Joyce Delamarter
Deb Nolan
Ann Jackson
Connie Leiter Garthe
National Honor Society
Mary Maloney
Sharon Grimason
Ruth Miller
Jean Wood
Kathleen Thayer
Betty Gordon
Gail Samborn
Marilyn Brown
Nancy Burton
Kay Blystone
Richard Wheeler
Central Michigan College
David Morgan
Unified Drive To Raise Funds For Scouting
Clare County Girl Scout and Boy Scout leaders met to plan a combined fall finance drive for the 1959 program. Marvin Gies named Carl Starner Community Chairman with Gene Genan assisting. appointments planned in Clare Farwell Lake and Lake George. Budget talks noted Girl Scout budget steady while Boy Scout budget may fall. final figures next meeting. Camporee attendance by all units at Camp Weidman June 6 7 8 near Mt Pleasant featured skill competitions.
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Clare County
Marvin Gies
Clare
Boy Scout Tomahawk
Harrison
Carl Starner
Gene Genan
Farwell
Lake
Lake George
Gies
G. C. Born
Arthur Thayer
Emma Licholtz
Jerry Forsberg
Dale Lyons
Jack Scheall
Isabella County
Camp Weidman
Mt. Pleasant
Honor Bellinger Posthumously Honored by ROTC Group
Michigan State University Scabbard and Blade unit creates a yearly award in memory of Harland E. Bellinger of Rosebush. The 21 year old Army Cadet Lt Colonel served as Chief of Staff and majored in mechanical engineering after summer camp at Fort Campbell. A plaque in Demonstration Hall memorializes Cadet Bellinger.
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Bellinger
Army Rotc
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Red Cross Chooses Mrs Murton As Clare County Chair
Curtis Murton Sr of Harrison was elected chairman of the Clare County chapter of the American Red Cross at a June 6 meeting. Richard Schroeder reported $1800 raised in the latest Red Cross drive and Miss Mae Jordan praised volunteer home service chair Howard Everts. Committee chairs include Curtis Murton Jr disaster preparedness Richard Schroeder fund chairman and Ervin Nash and Albert Lyons co chairs. Additional board members and water safety chairs will be announced.
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Curtis Murton
Harrison
Clare County
American Red Cross
Richard Schroeder
Red Cross
Mae Jordan
Northern Michigan
Jordan
Howard Everts
Curtis Murton, Jr
Ervin Nash
Albert Lyons
George Balmer
Ervin Wash
RoadEO Finalist Richard Musson Heads Michigan Contest
Richard Musson of Lake George is a RoadEO finalist among 70 Michigan cities for the 1958 State Teen Age ROAD-E-O Championship to be held Saturday June 14 in Detroit. The winner earns a $500 Pure Oil scholarship and a trip to the National Championship in Washington D C, with expenses paid by the Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Richard Musson
Lake George
Michigan
Detroit
Clare Junior Chamber of Commerce
Appointments for Fluoride Program Appeal
Mrs Irene Davy invites concerned parents to a fluoride program appeal beginning Tuesday June 17 in Mrs Donovan's kindergarten room at the school.
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Irene Davy
Call Gerald Sandersfield Back To Pulpit
Mr and Mrs Gerald Sandersfield and family were honored at the Ackerman home with 53 guests from the Friendship Class. Sandersfield, a former minister, has accepted appointment to Burton Methodist Church near Flint and will preach this Sunday June 15. The couple plans to move early next week and pursue studies at Flint Junior College for a BA.
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Gerald Sandersfield
Fred Ackerman
Sandersfield
Clare
Detroit
Burton Methodist
Burton Township
Flint
Flint Junior College
Robert Greer
Indianapolis Speedway
Sandersfields
General Motors
Clare Methodist Church
Jerry
Nevins
Womans Society
X-ray Unit in Clare County to Finish TB Tests
The State Health Department reassigns the tuberculosis X-ray unit to Clare County the week of June 16 to complete chest X-rays for residents after many tested positive on Mantoux skin tests. Aimed at 5 000+ residents, officials urge those with positive results who miss scheduling to contact the Harrison Courthouse Health Department for appointments. dates and hours at Clare City Hall and Harrison jail area are listed through June 19 with varied afternoon and evening slots.
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State Department of Health
Clare County
Irving C. Sweet
Health Department
Harrison
Sweet
Clare
End Of Operations At Woodyard Pulpwood Yard Closes
Watervliet Paper Company plans to close its pulpwood yard by year end with nine workers affected. Barking and handling method upgrades replace current facilities and a central processing area will be added by late 1958. After shutdown, wood will be hauled to rail points or Watervliet by contractors using portable barkers. Plant kept in mothballs. manager Hanson and family remain in Clare.
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Watervliet Paper Company
John Hanson
Hanson
Barking
Watervliet
Clare
Farwell
Us-10
Dlacé
Farm Families Host Rural-Urban Dinner in Clare County
The Clare County Farm Bureau hosts a Rural-Urban dinner at the Clare county fairgrounds this Thursday June 12 starting at seven p.m. Rural families invite urban families as guests. Farm Bureau members provide chicken and other food. The program features Jim Hays, retired Michigan State University Dairy Extension specialist, billed as a humorist with lectures on the ideal dairy cow.
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Clare County Farm Bureau
Clare County Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Jim Hays
Michigan State University
Hast Lansing
Hays
Clare to Launch Dial Service in Public Ceremony
Michigan Bell unveils dial telephone service at Clare with an 8 p.m. ceremony in the Clare High School auditorium. Robert A. Henrichsen will demonstrate new advancements as Mayor Gerald Nivison makes the first official dial call to Frank T. Lagoe of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Clare
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Clare High School
Polzin
Robert A. Henrichsen
Michigan Bell
Detroit
Gerald Nivison
Frank T. Lagoe
Chamber of Commerce
Police switch channels to EV 6 2121 Scotland Yard tie
Sentinel sports writer Bernie Wilson claims the Bell Telephone number EV 6 2121 serves as both the late police station line and Scotland Yard’s dial number. He notes the coincidence as a curious trivia fact from TV mystery fans.
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Bell Telephone Company
London
England
Scotland Yard
Sentinel
Bernie Wilson
Polzin to MC Film Program After Once Upon a Honeymoon
Robert Polzin of Michigan Bell will serve as master of ceremonies for the program after the showing of Once Upon a Honeymoon a fantasy about a songwriter's honeymoon plan. He substitutes for manager T G C Maher who cannot attend.
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Robert Polzin
Michigan Bell
Polzin
T. G C. Maher
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Central Michigan
BPW
Clarence Gum
Barnes’ Town and Country Lounge
Gum
Wedge
Chamber of Cammerce
Frank LaGoe
Saginaw News
Honor Bellinger
Murton
Roadeo
Woodyard
The
Clare High School Parent-Teachers Association
Telephone Company
Maher
Clare Telephone
Evergreen
Bell
T. C. Maher
W. W. Caswell
Midland Plaint
William Morris
Jack Klatt
Saginaw
Alien F. McKee
West Seventh
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